by LaurenEBS | May 28, 2024 | Climate, LNG Development
Advertising Standards Canada finds pro-LNG ads guilty of greenwashing Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-waututh) Nations (Vancouver) | May 28, 2024 — Advertisements touting the environmental...
by LaurenEBS | May 28, 2024 | Climate, LNG Development
Gitanyow Lax’yip, May 28, 2024: The Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs (GHC) renew their call for immediate government action against deceptive fossil fuel advertising campaigns following a recent unanimous ruling by Ad Standards Canada. These advertisements, funded by...
by LaurenEBS | May 13, 2024 | Climate, LNG Development
MP Charlie Angus says his proposed Fossil Fuel Advertising Act is designed to take on “the lies” of oil and gas, in much the same way parliament zeroed in on Big Tobacco decades ago. The backlash told Charlie Angus he was on to something. In February, the...
by LaurenEBS | May 6, 2024 | Climate, Ksi Lisims LNG Project, LNG Development
The Ksi Lisims facility near the Nass estuary, backed by the Nisg̱a’a Nation, would produce nearly as much liquefied natural gas per year as the LNG Canada plant. LNG Canada is the biggest name in British Columbia’s liquefied natural gas game. It’s also the project...
by LaurenEBS | Apr 23, 2024 | Climate, Forestry, Wildfire
In northern British Columbia, an Indigenous community is trying to revive the ancient practice of cultural burns, prescribed fires which aim to prevent large destructive fires. After more than 100 years of banning this practice, this is a small revolution. It’s...
by LaurenEBS | Apr 9, 2024 | Climate, LNG Development
VICTORIA, B.C. – Following in the footsteps of the federal NDP, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE), Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs and other experts, the B.C. Green Caucus has introduced legislation to protect the public from misleading...